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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1886

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Foundering of a Schooner. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1886 · page 5

PORT MACQUARIE, Monday.--The schooner Glosnrie foundered on Sunday inst abreast the Manning River bar. She was 85 tons register, and was hound for Sydney…

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The Disabled Steamer Menmuir. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1886 · page 5

COOKTOWN, Monday.--The chief officer of the Menmuir, which arrived in tow of the Phœbe to-day, appeared before the police magistrate this afternoon to answer to a…

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FOUNDERING of the Schooner Glossarial. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Port Macquarie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1886 · page 8

The steamer Fernmount arrived this afternoon from the Bellinger, via Trial Bay, having on board the crow of the schooner Glossarial and two passengers, bound from Sydney to Richmond River. The Glossarial, 85 tons, Captain…

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Our Mail Letter, Per Orient Co.'s Steamer John Elder. Sydney, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1886 · page 4

In our last mail letter we referred to the very unsettled state of political affairs. The Robertson Government had been defeated by 52 to 44 on a direct vote of want of confidence moved by…

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Shipwreck Relief Society

Evening News · Friday 5 March 1886 · page 8

The adjourned monthly meeting of the National Shipwreck Belief Society of New South Wales was held on Thursday afternoon in the Exchange. Mr. J. H. Storey presided. The committee reported that the…

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Foundering of the Schooner Glossarial. Poet Macquarie

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 514

The steamer Fermount arrived this afternoon from the Bellinger, via Trial Bay, having on board the crew of the schooner Glossarial and two passengers, bound from Sydney to Richmond River. The Glossarial, 85 tons, Captain…

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Shipwreck Relief Society

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 17

The adjourned monthly meeting of the National Shipwreck Relief Society of N. S. Wales was held on Thursday afternoon in the Exchange. Mr. J. H. Storey presided. The committee reported that the…

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The Labor Schooner

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday,--The labor schooner Flora, which has been preparing some time past for the islands, was not allowed to leave Brisbane on Friday [?] account of the…

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A New Ferry Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 8

On Saturday there was launched from the yard of Messrs. James Pashley and Sons, in Waterview Bay, a handsome new screw strainer, designed and built to the order of the Balmain Ferry Company. As the vessel left the ways she was named the…

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A Terrible Shipwreck.—three Men Frozen to Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1886 · page 4

The Guion steamer Abyssinia, with the United States mails, armed in Liverpool from New York. She brought particulars of the wreck of the schooner Crissie Wright and the loss of all her crew with the exception of one man. The…

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A Lifeboat Washed Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 March 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- A ship's life-boat, newly painted white, was washed ashore at Back Beach, two miles from Sorrento, to-day. The boat was fitted with…

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Wreck of a Schooner

Globe · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 5

A telegram from Nelson Bay states that the fore-and-aft schooner Victoria drove ashore on Thannet Beach last night when trying to make port. The vessel is dry at…

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Tempestuous Voyage of the Schooner Louis Montgomery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 14

The schooner Louis Montgomery, front Auckland, arrived here between 6 and 7 o'clock this evening. The vessel appears to have sustained considerable damage, Captain Arndt reports that he experienced a tempestuous…

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Wrecks on the Tasmanian Coast. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 5

HOBART, Friday. -- The barque Howard, timber laden, from Quebec to Melbourne, has been stranded near King Ringaroo[?] River. The barque Kassa, stranded in the…

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A Ketch Ashore. NEWCASTLE, Saturday, March 13

Evening News · Monday 15 March 1886 · page 6

The ketch Ann, Captain C. Hansen, from Lake Macquarie to Port Stephens, was caught in a heavy E.S.E. squall, five miles off Morna Point, at 10 o'clock on Friday night, and drifted ashore. She lies…

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Shipping Casualties Off Newcastle. the Ketch Ann Ashore. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1886 · page 8

Charles Hansen, master of the ketch Ann, 28 tons, which left Sydney yesterday for Port Stephens, in ballast, via Lake Macquarie, reports that the vessel went ashore at midnight about nine miles north of Newcastle on Long…

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The Rose Bay Steamer. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1886 · page 2

Sir, -- In yesterday's issue of The Daily Telegraph appears an advertisement announcing the running of the s.s. Elaine to and from No. 4 Jetty, Circular Quay, and Rose Day. This…

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A Ketch stranded. NEWCASTLE, Monday, March 15

Evening News · Tuesday 16 March 1886 · page 6

News reached Newcastle on Saturday that the ketch Ann, C. Hanson, master, and two men. from Lake Macquarie, encountered a storm on Friday, night, with the main and fore sails close reefed. At…

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Marine Board. Loss of the Schooner Glossarial

Evening News · Tuesday 16 March 1886 · page 6

The weekly meeting of the members of the Marine Board was held on Monday. The president (Captain Bloomfield) occupied the chair. Daniel Callaghan, master of the schooner Glossarial, appeared to show…

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Schooner Ashore

Globe · Thursday 18 March 1886 · page 8

The schooner Spurwing ran aground on he north bank of the Macleay River on Tuesday. She is, however, expected to be got off to-morrow…

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